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About the Team
E-commerce's Governance and Experience is a global team responsible for ensuring our TikTok Shop marketplace is safe and trustworthy for users, sellers, and creators. We value user satisfaction and work on policies, rules, and systems to ensure quality. The USDS Risk Control and Security team within GNE focuses on fighting various forms of fraud and abuse within the TikTok Shop ecosystem via insight generation, scaled enforcement, automation, and prevention.
About the Role
The Risk Control & Security Anti-Fraud Data Scientist role focuses on mitigating fraud, abuse, policy violations and business risks for TikTok's e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop. This role is critical in protecting our buyer, merchant, and creator communities, ensuring compliance with internal policies and industry regulations while balancing customer experience and business growth.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor junior data scientists
- Initiate and coordinate team-wide initiatives to improve efficiency and advance the team's skills
- Represent and advocate for the team when collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders
- Leverage modern AI tools and LLMs to automate risk workflows, optimize analytics, and streamline detection capabilities
- Conduct complex, exploratory data analysis to uncover emerging fraud vectors, behavioral anomalies, and latent platform vulnerabilities
- Define risk metrics, construct self-serve dashboards, and build real-time automated alerting/circuit breakers for rapid threat response and executive visibility
- Formulate, validate, configure, and deploy risk strategies and rules to mitigate fraud with minimal false positives
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data analytics, engineering, or related field
- Proficient in SQL and Python/R
- 5+ years of relevant experience in one of the following areas: Anti-fraud, Risk Management, Trust & Safety, Data Analytics, or Data Science in e-commerce or the general tech industry
- Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows and hands-on experience building or implementing AI-powered tools, automations, or solutions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently with global teams
- Proactive, data-driven, results-oriented, and a high desire to learn and contribute
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and show good judgement
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
USDS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $201000 - $395280 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Responsibilities
About the Team
E-commerce's Governance and Experience is a global team responsible for ensuring our TikTok Shop marketplace is safe and trustworthy for users, sellers, and creators. We value user satisfaction and work on policies, rules, and systems to ensure quality. The USDS Risk Control and Security team within GNE focuses on fighting various forms of fraud and abuse within the TikTok Shop ecosystem via insight generation, scaled enforcement, automation, and prevention.
About the Role
The Risk Control & Security Anti-Fraud Data Scientist role focuses on mitigating fraud, abuse, policy violations and business risks for TikTok's e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop. This role is critical in protecting our buyer, merchant, and creator communities, ensuring compliance with internal policies and industry regulations while balancing customer experience and business growth.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor junior data scientists
- Initiate and coordinate team-wide initiatives to improve efficiency and advance the team's skills
- Represent and advocate for the team when collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders
- Leverage modern AI tools and LLMs to automate risk workflows, optimize analytics, and streamline detection capabilities
- Conduct complex, exploratory data analysis to uncover emerging fraud vectors, behavioral anomalies, and latent platform vulnerabilities
- Define risk metrics, construct self-serve dashboards, and build real-time automated alerting/circuit breakers for rapid threat response and executive visibility
- Formulate, validate, configure, and deploy risk strategies and rules to mitigate fraud with minimal false positives
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data analytics, engineering, or related field
- Proficient in SQL and Python/R
- 5+ years of relevant experience in one of the following areas: Anti-fraud, Risk Management, Trust & Safety, Data Analytics, or Data Science in e-commerce or the general tech industry
- Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows and hands-on experience building or implementing AI-powered tools, automations, or solutions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently with global teams
- Proactive, data-driven, results-oriented, and a high desire to learn and contribute
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and show good judgement
About USDS
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision-making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale.
On-site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real-time decision-making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in-person schedule up to 5 days a week.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
USDS Reasonable Accommodation
USDS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/USDS-RA
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $201000 - $395280 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
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Verify your degree field matches the role
H-1B1 visa requires a specialty occupation tied to a specific academic discipline. A Data Scientist role must map to a degree in statistics, computer science, mathematics, or a directly related field. A general business degree won't satisfy the requirement even if you've been doing data work for years.
Use OFLC Wage Search before salary negotiations
Your employer's Labor Condition Application must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for Data Scientists in that metro area. Pull the Level I through Level IV wage tiers from OFLC Wage Search before any offer conversation so you know the floor before they name a number.
Target employers already filing H-1B1 LCAs
Search Migrate Mate to identify employers with verified H-1B1 Singapore LCA filing history for data and analytics roles. These companies have already navigated the DOL certification process and don't need internal education on how the visa works.
Confirm the SOC code on your job offer
Employers assign a Standard Occupational Classification code when filing the LCA. For Data Scientist roles, insist on SOC 15-2051 rather than a broader software developer code. The wrong SOC code can create a prevailing wage mismatch that delays or complicates your consular application.
Prepare an O*NET-aligned job duties summary
Consular officers assess whether your role genuinely requires a theoretical and practical application of highly specialized knowledge. Pull the Data Scientist occupation profile from O*NET and align your offer letter's duties language to it before your Embassy appointment in Singapore.
Time your application around two-year renewal windows
H-1B1 visa is issued in one-year increments at the consulate but your employer can request two-year validity on the LCA. Confirm your employer files for the full two-year period so you avoid annual return trips to the Embassy while you're building tenure in a data role.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Data Scientist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B1 Singapore?
Yes. Data Scientist positions qualify because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as statistics, computer science, or applied mathematics. The role must genuinely require theoretical and practical application of highly specialized knowledge. Roles where any bachelor's degree is acceptable regardless of field would not satisfy the specialty occupation standard under H-1B1 visa.
How does H-1B1 Singapore compare to H-1B for Data Scientist roles?
The H-1B1 Singapore visa has a 5,400-visa annual cap that has never been exhausted, so there's no lottery and no random selection risk. H-1B visa has an 85,000-visa cap subject to an oversubscribed lottery most years. H-1B1 is also processed at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore rather than through USCIS, which typically means a faster path to starting work once your employer's Labor Condition Application is certified by DOL.
How do I find employers who will sponsor an H-1B1 Singapore visa for a Data Scientist position?
Search Migrate Mate to find employers with active H-1B1 Singapore LCA filing history for data science and analytics roles. Many companies default to H-1B sponsorship workflows internally, so targeting employers who have already processed H-1B1 applications saves you from having to educate hiring teams or legal departments about how the visa works during the offer stage.
Can my employer sponsor H-1B1 while I'm still in Singapore before relocating?
Yes. The H-1B1 Singapore process is consular-based, meaning your employer files the Labor Condition Application with DOL and you apply for the visa stamp at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore before you travel. You don't need to already be in the United States. Once the Embassy approves your application, you enter the U.S. in H-1B1 status on your first day of work.
What documentation does a Data Scientist need for the H-1B1 consular interview?
You'll need your certified Labor Condition Application, a support letter from your employer detailing your Data Scientist duties, educational transcripts and degree certificates confirming your relevant field of study, and DS-160 confirmation. Because the specialty occupation claim rests on the degree-to-role connection, bring documentation showing how your academic background directly applies to the data science work you'll be performing.